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New Belgium’s Tour de Fat Reaches the Million Dollar Milestone in Money Raised for Non-Profit Organizations

New Belgium’s Tour de Fat Reaches the Million Dollar Milestone in Money Raised for Non-Profit Organizations Tour de Fat 2008 Helped 24 Non-Profit Organizations; Hosted More than 15,000 Bike Parade Riders; and Swapped 11 Cars for Bicycles Through the Car-for-Bike Swap Tour de Fat, New Belgium Brewing’s traveling celebration of all things bicycle, has passed the $1 million mark in money raised for non-profit organizations.  The eleven 2008 Tour de Fat (www.tour-de-fat.com) stops raise

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Dogfish in the New Yorker

There’s a great in-depth article in this week’s New Yorker. It’s a profile of Sam Calagione of Dogfish Head Craft Brewery entitled A Better Brew: The rise of extreme beer by Burkhard Bilger, who’s also the author of Noodling for Flatheads. A few months ago I spoke to Bilger at length about the craft beer world in general and extreme beer more specifically. At that point, I don’t think he knew exactly what the focus of the piece would be and I gave him a few brewer’s names — including Sam — to

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The Fundamentals

Mike Moreau of HOOPSWORLD:  “Now as we compare both in the current day, with LeBron in Year 6 and Kobe in Year 13, Kobe is still the better individual defender and a consistently better foul shooter. James is the better rebounder, passer and a more dominant physical presence. He has also consistently been a better teammate and better leader. Last shot to win the game? Right now, it’s The Black Mamba. No one strikes more fear at crunch time, which may be the best comparison of all when trying to

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IPA: much later than you think

Jump to Comments When do you think the expression “India Pale Ale” was first used? Much, much later than you’d imagine, and much, much later than the idea of a pale ale exported to the Far East. The term India Pale Ale does not appear in print until June 1837, more than half a century, at least, after pale ale brewed in Britain started being sold in India. So what was it known as, then? Before 1837 the beer we now call India Pale Ale, or IPA, was labelled simply “pale ale” when it was being sold

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‘Tis The Season…

Times are tough for everyone at the moment. As a result, my mother has instituted a one-gift per person rule at Christmas this year for everyone in the family (both Brewer and Hay) with a price limit. So please don’t think me presumptuous for writing a post about charity heading into the season of giving when times are more difficult than usual. That said, I’ve written about eBay Giving Works, WorldofGood.com, and MicroPlace in the past here on Ink and I just wanted to make folks aware of a n

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Jazz Return Home, Pound Suns

November 18, 2008 – 3:49 pm Posted in Andrei Kirilenko, Brevin Knight, CJ Miles, Carlos Boozer, Game Recap, Jarron Collins, Jason Hart, Jerry Sloan, Kosta Koufos, Kyle Korver, Matt Harpring, PHX Suns, Paul Millsap, Ronnie Brewer, Ronnie Price See, all the Jazz needed was to get off of the road. Maybe if we could petition the NBA to let the Jazz play all their games at home… nah. David Stern hates the Jazz enough to tell his refs to not call fouls when ‘Sap is hammered every play

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Slave-driving statistics

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A house saved?

House Originally uploaded by dieselboi There is a block close to my house where 9 single family homes are boarded up awaiting demolition. On N. Interstate, a new condo tower is going in - albeit only a 6 story “tower.” While I’m glad to see the change, I am saddened by the loss of some great 1920’s or earlier bungalows and Victorians. Well, it appears at least one of the houses is going to be saved. I wandered by the other evening and this house is up on steel I-beams awaiting transport

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Scientists Create Beer That Could Extend Life

Beer drinkers might actually have something to celebrate about. Scientists at Rice University have created a beer that could extend your life.They have named the beverage BioBeer, and the way it works is that it has three genes spliced into a specific brewer’s yeast that produces resveratrol, which is a chemical in red wine thought to protect against diabetes, cancer, Alzheimer's and other age-related conditions. But don’t expect to toast to this special beer just yet. The team still needs to re

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Final Comments on the Green Dragon

In comments below, Green Dragon owner Ed Schwartz gives a thorough debrief of the final days of the pre-Rogue era.Yes it is true that I will no longer be the owner of the Green Dragon. While I am bummed out it didn’t work out with me as owner –I am grateful to Rogue for stepping in and doing the things that we could not. The city is requiring the building to be sprinkled, doors to be inset, walls to be built separating the brewery. They have additionally tacked on over 51k in CBC fees. Completin

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Barack Obama thanks John McCain for his service

Barack Obama thanks John McCain for his service CNN: Scooter Libby may have requested Bush pardon Protest of priest who said repent for Obama vote Gingrich: Palin is not GOP's future leader Wanda Sykes on Prop 8: They 'pissed off' the wrong group Anti-war group stages 4200 toy soldiers at gas station In first post-election interview, Obama promises Iraq exit, Gitmo closure Bill Clinton: Hillary would be 'great' as top diplomat Schwarzenegger with Obama on auto industry bailout

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CNN: Scooter Libby may have requested Bush pardon

CNN: Scooter Libby may have requested Bush pardon Protest of priest who said repent for Obama vote Gingrich: Palin is not GOP's future leader Wanda Sykes on Prop 8: They 'pissed off' the wrong group Anti-war group stages 4200 toy soldiers at gas station In first post-election interview, Obama promises Iraq exit, Gitmo closure Bill Clinton: Hillary would be 'great' as top diplomat Schwarzenegger with Obama on auto industry bailout Top GOP Senator likes Clinton for Secretary of S

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Protest of priest who said repent for Obama vote

Protest of priest who said repent for Obama vote Gingrich: Palin is not GOP's future leader Wanda Sykes on Prop 8: They 'pissed off' the wrong group Anti-war group stages 4200 toy soldiers at gas station In first post-election interview, Obama promises Iraq exit, Gitmo closure Bill Clinton: Hillary would be 'great' as top diplomat Schwarzenegger with Obama on auto industry bailout Top GOP Senator likes Clinton for Secretary of State Dorgan: Lieberman actions not acceptable for

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Wanda Sykes on Prop 8: They 'pissed off' the wrong group

Wanda Sykes on Prop 8: They 'pissed off' the wrong group Anti-war group stages 4200 toy soldiers at gas station In first post-election interview, Obama promises Iraq exit, Gitmo closure Bill Clinton: Hillary would be 'great' as top diplomat Schwarzenegger with Obama on auto industry bailout Top GOP Senator likes Clinton for Secretary of State Dorgan: Lieberman actions not acceptable for chairmanship Pawlenty: No evidence of wrongdoing in MN election Lawsuits claim election nigh

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Gingrich: Palin is not GOP's future leader

Gingrich: Palin is not GOP's future leader Wanda Sykes on Prop 8: They 'pissed off' the wrong group Anti-war group stages 4200 toy soldiers at gas station In first post-election interview, Obama promises Iraq exit, Gitmo closure Bill Clinton: Hillary would be 'great' as top diplomat Schwarzenegger with Obama on auto industry bailout Top GOP Senator likes Clinton for Secretary of State Dorgan: Lieberman actions not acceptable for chairmanship Pawlenty: No evidence of wrongdoing

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Anti-war group stages 4200 toy soldiers at gas station

Anti-war group stages 4200 toy soldiers at gas station In first post-election interview, Obama promises Iraq exit, Gitmo closure Bill Clinton: Hillary would be 'great' as top diplomat Schwarzenegger with Obama on auto industry bailout Top GOP Senator likes Clinton for Secretary of State Dorgan: Lieberman actions not acceptable for chairmanship Pawlenty: No evidence of wrongdoing in MN election Lawsuits claim election night hate crimes by police Daily Show: Gun owners experienci

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Deerhunter

Band: Deerhunter From: Atlanta, GA Sound: Left-field pop…smoldering, noisy, uncompromising and ever-evolving Similar Artists: Sonic Youth, Liars, My Bloody Valentine, Velvet Underground Listen Now: “Nothing Ever Happened” Here’s the truth: several centuries of reckless overuse have bludgeoned the whole concept of “irony” to a slow and wilting death. It probably doesn’t help that Bill Shakespeare’s command of the dramatic and situational set the initial bar pretty damn high, guaranteein

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In first post-election interview, Obama promises Iraq exit, Gitmo closure

In first post-election interview, Obama promises Iraq exit, Gitmo closure Bill Clinton: Hillary would be 'great' as top diplomat Schwarzenegger with Obama on auto industry bailout Top GOP Senator likes Clinton for Secretary of State Dorgan: Lieberman actions not acceptable for chairmanship Pawlenty: No evidence of wrongdoing in MN election Lawsuits claim election night hate crimes by police Daily Show: Gun owners experiencing 'Baracknophobia' O'Reilly confronted with his Obama

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Bill Clinton: Hillary would be 'great' as top diplomat

Bill Clinton: Hillary would be 'great' as top diplomat Schwarzenegger with Obama on auto industry bailout Top GOP Senator likes Clinton for Secretary of State Dorgan: Lieberman actions not acceptable for chairmanship Pawlenty: No evidence of wrongdoing in MN election Lawsuits claim election night hate crimes by police Daily Show: Gun owners experiencing 'Baracknophobia' O'Reilly confronted with his Obama fear mongering Begich: 'Almost impossible' to change results in Alaska A

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How to Fix the Yankees 2009 Roster

The Yankees have quite a bit of holes to fill this offseason. Simply put their hitting last year was abysmal (partially due to injuries, but also some guys aging) and their starting pitching had so many injuries that they relied much too much on Sidney Ponson. Their fielding has sunk to a really poor level as well. And to top it off, they don’t have a real centerfielder now that Johnny Damon only has the health and range for left field. So, what should the Yankees do this offseason? Starting Pi

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